Golf in the Kingdom

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michael Murphy 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1997-10
• ISBN 9780140195491
• 定价 127.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Withthisbook,ChinaGallandbroughtincreasedattentiontothespiritualtraditionsoftheBlackMadonnaandothercross-culturalexpressionsofthefemininedivine.ThepopularityofrecentworksbyauthorslikeSueMonkKiddandKathleenNorrishaveonlyincreasedreaders'fascination.Nowwithanewintroductionbytheauthor,LongingforDarknessexploresGalland'sspellbindinganddeeplypersonaljourneyfromNewMexicothroughNepal,India,Switzerland,France,theformerYugoslavia,andPoland-placeswheresuchfiguresasTara,thefemaleBuddhaoftheTibetantradition,andtheBlackMadonnaareveneratedtoday.

【作者简介】

MichaelMurphybeganhisquestintothenatureofhumanpotentialinthelate1950swhileapsychologymajoratStanfordUniversity.Afterayearofgraduateschool,hespent18monthsinIndia,attheashramofSriAurobindoinPondicherry.Aurobindostartedhimthinkingabouttherelationshipbetweentheevolutionofconsciousnessandthephysicalbody.In1961,shortlyafterhisreturntotheUnitedStates,MurphymetRichardPrice,anotherStandfordPsychologymajor,andin1962theyfoundedtheEsalenInstituteinBigSur,California.TheEsalenInstitute,theleadinggrowthcenterintheworld,hashostedthousandsofhumanpotentialworkshopsandconferencesledbysuchnotablesasAbrahamMaslow,JosephCampbell,RolloMay,FritzPerls,AldousHuxley,CarlRogers,IdaRolf,JoanHalifax,StanislovGrof,JoanBorysenko,AllenGinsberg,andLinusPauling,tonameafew.In1980,hehelpedcreatetheEsalenInstitute’sSovietAmericanExchangeprogramwhich,amongotherthings,initiatedthefirstlivetelevisionspacebridgesandhostedBorisYeltsinduringhisfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.MichaelMurphyistheauthorofTheFutureoftheBody,GoldintheKingdom(releasedbyPenguinBooks/Arkana),JacobAtabet,andEndtoOrdinaryHistory,andco-authorofThePsychicSideofSports.HelivesinSanRafael,California.